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Obama promises swift action on immigration in meeting with progressives

One source, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity because it was an off-the-record meeting, said Obama brought up immigration reform, unprompted, in his opening remarks — a stark difference from tense previous talks in which he’s been prodded by reform advocates to address the topic.

“I’ve been in a number of meetings with him on this topic, it’s been pretty rough, but this one, the passion, intensity, seriousness — I was pretty struck,” the source said. “If there’s one thing he was crystal clear he was going to get done in 2013 … it was immigration reform. He was going to lean into it, he was sure Republicans were going to come to the table. It was sort of what he’s said before, but with huge conviction.”

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This is one area where I suspect he’ll get pretty much whatever he wants. Any time the GOP attempts to resist, he’ll pull the race card, and we’ll cave because of that 40 point loss Romney just absorbed among Hispanics.

This is one area where I suspect he’ll get pretty much whatever he wants. Any time the GOP attempts to resist, he’ll pull the race card, and we’ll cave because of that 40 point loss Romney just absorbed among Hispanics.

At this point – Obama has won. He’s officially now a transformational President. Doesn’t really matter what his popularity is … he poised now to make major legislative gains even though he doesn’t control both houses of congress.

Amazing really – when you think of it – that he can do all this while Bush couldn’t even reform Freddie and Fannie when he held BOTH houses.

It just kind of highlights how IMPOTENT the GOP Ayatollahs are … which begs the question …